US II Final Exam Study Guide

The test consists of multiple choice, short answer, and an essay. Use your notes, handouts, and other materials to help you answer/complete the following study guide. Please see me, once completed, for correct answers. Be sure to rewrite any “false” statements.

World War I

  • List and describe the four main causes of WWI.
  • Why did the U.S. oppose entry into the League of Nations?

1920s

  • Define “red scare” (the first one) and list its contributing factors
  • Advancement of women in politics in the 1920s…

The Great Depression

  • List the causes & effects of the Great Depression
  • List the causes and effects of the Dust Bowl
  • The most important New Deal policy has proved to be…
  • Evaluate Herbert Hoover as a president in terms of his actions during the Great Depression, his political philosophy, success, & public popularity
  • Evaluate Frank D. Roosevelt as president in terms of his actions during the Great Depression, his political philosophy, success, & public popularity
  • Compare/contrast Hoover & FDR
  • Dorethea Lange “Migrant Mother”

World War II

  • The new democracies (established in Europe after WWI) became…
  • Mussolini invaded ______in the 1930s; Hitler invaded ______in the 1930s; and Franco overthrew the government of ______in the 1930s.
  • Hitler wrote ______and he led the ______party
  • True or False: Hitler supported the Treaty of Versailles
  • True or False: Hitler and Mussolini were Nationalists.
  • Define the term “blitzkrieg”
  • causes and effects of Cold War
  • The policy of appeasement (done by Great Britain & France) gave Germany…
  • The actions of ______forced the U.S. into WWII
  • Japanese-Americans were placed in interment camps during WWII because…
  • The significance of D-Day…
  • FDRs Pearl Harbor speech
  • dropping of the atomic bombs: arguments for and against, feeling of US military officials about their use

Origins of the Cold War

  • Describe the Berlin Airlift and explain how it contributed to the Cold War
  • What countries were in the NATO alliance? What countries were in the Warsaw Pact? The NATO Alliance & the Warsaw Pact contributed to the Cold War by…
  • Mao Zedong brought a ______government to China
  • Describe the Korean War, including how it increased Cold War tensions
  • The Korean War became unpopular because…
  • North Korea & South Korea are divided by…
  • The House Un-American Committee investigated ______in the film industry
  • True or False: The main goal of the Truman Doctrine was to restrict the spread of Communism
  • Define the term “McCarthyism”
  • causes and effects of Cold War

1950s Culture

  • What is the Baby Boom? Why did it happen? How does it continue to impact the U.S. today?
  • The U.S. experienced a wave of consumerism in the 1950s because…
  • Americans were very fearful of ______during the Cold War era.
  • The Rosenbergs
  • luxury fallout shelters
  • Alger Hiss

JFK & LBJ

  • Kennedy and Johnson both based their foreign policies on stopping the spread of ______.
  • Describe the Bay of Pigs Invasion
  • Describe the Cuban Missile Crisis
  • Major components and purpose of Johnson’s Great Society

The Civil Rights Movement

  • Impact of the decision in the Brown vs. Board of Education Case
  • True or False: Dr. King believed in the use of violence
  • Describe the major events, people, successes, & failures of the Civil Rights Movement; include causes and effects, and impact on America today
  • Governer Fuabus/Ross Barnett and the battle over integration
  • Bombingham, fire hoses, billy clubs and attack dogs

The Vietnam War

  • Main goal of U.S. regarding Vietnam
  • causes and effects of Vietnam War
  • American soldiers experience in Vietnam
  • Describe the causes, effects, events, people, successes, & failures of the Anti-War Movement
  • Why did the Vietnam War become unpopular with many Americans? How did this affect US war strategy, presidential politics, and outcome of the war?
  • Who was Ho Chi Minh?
  • How does the Vietnam War continue to influence U.S. foreign policy today?
  • The Vietnam War added to Cold War tensions by…
  • What was the opinion of Americans toward U.S. involvement in Vietnam? How did this opinion change over time?
  • Major events of the Vietnam War
  • Why was the release of the Pentagon Papers significant?
  • Nixon’s policy of “Vietnamization”
  • Vietnam Political Cartoon

Social Change in the 1960s/1970s

  • Characteristics of the Counterculture
  • Lyrics of Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ (1962)
  • Reasons behind the Women’s Movement
  • Define the term “feminism”
  • Identify the important events, people, successes, & failures of the Women’s Movement

1970s

  • Watergate scandal/Nixon’s resignation
  • Nixon resigned because he was guilty of ______.
  • ______became president when Nixon resigned.
  • What has been the most lasting effect of Watergate?
  • Major theme of book Silent Spring